Francine

People often tell me they want to write about their lives or their mom’s or dad’s life.

But they don’t know how to go about it.

Here’s how:

I am an author, journalist and biographer, and I am offering this six-week course, Writing the Story within. It begins Thursday, September 15, 6:30 to 8:30 PM, and runs through October 20.

You can enjoy this experience with me at Unity SF, 2222 Bush St., San Francisco.

You don’t necessarily have to want to write a book to join this class. But if you are burning to express your experiences in life or someone else’s, this course is a great way to launch such an endeavor.

I will teach several techniques such as stimulating memory, mind mapping, structuring your story, how to interview other people and elements of publishing. And especially, how to start writing and keep writing.

Many folks want to start their memoir or autobiography but find it difficult to start and finish. Now is the time to get this valuable help.

The cost of this 6-week course is only $150 thanks to the generous Unity SF’s generous offer to provide a venue. You don’t have to be a member of UnitySF, JUST SIGN UP and come!

Here are just some of the testimonials from the participants in the May-June 2016 course.

(Based on a scale of 1 to 10) I gave Francine 10 primarily because her information and expertise are outstanding.

Francine has a wealth of information to share about the process, challenges in the art of memoir writing. Her course can be taken by writers just beginning their memoir or by writers well into their work. She is able to speak to the issues involved in producing and memoir from start to finish.

– – Susan L’ Heureux

I was new to writing and the material turned out to be exactly what I needed to feel confident enough to move forward. Francine set a safe place to explore, share and learn. Her insistence on continuing to write and just get it down on paper was so helpful.

When I ask people why they feel committed to writing their life story, they usually say things like:

I want my grandchildren to know what I went through.

I want to share my father’s recollections of the old country.

I want to remember my mother’s traditions.

Or I want to review my life and understand how I became who I am, how I got here.

But more and more I hear people offer a new explanation: “I want to help people,” they say.

Many believe that recounting all of their life’s confusions, tragedies, heartache, recovery and triumphs will support and enlighten others on similar paths.

I’ve heard this from people who have had addiction problems, who are gay or transgender, who had violent and abusive childhoods and even suffered violence in their adult life. Serial marriages, abandonment, you name it.

So if you have had a crazy, unpredictable life path, you may find fulfillment and a sense of contribution by sharing it with others. You may inspire them with hope and courage. What have you got to lose? You have come this far, haven’t you?

I am an author, journalist and biographer, and I am offering again this six-week course, Writing the Story within. Beginning Thursday, September 15, 6:30 to 8:30 PM, and running through October 20, I will hold this experience at Unity SF, 2222 Bush St., San Francisco.

You don’t necessarily have to want to write a book. But if you are burning to express your experiences in life or someone else’s, this course is a great way to launch such a project.

I will teach several techniques such as stimulating memory, mind mapping, structuring your story, how to interview other people and elements of publishing. And especially, how to start writing and keep writing.

Many folks want to start their memoir or autobiography but find it difficult to finish. Now is the time to get this valuable help.

The cost of this 6-week course is $125 if you sign up before September 1. As of September 1, the price will be $150.

Here are just some of the testimonials from the participants in the May-June 2016 course.

(Based on a scale of 1 to 10) I gave Francine 10 primarily because her information and expertise are outstanding.

Francine has a wealth of information to share about the process, challenges in the art of memoir writing. Her course can be taken by writers just beginning their memoir or by writers well into their work. She is able to speak to the issues involved in producing and memoir from start to finish.

– – Susan L’ Heureux

I was new to writing and the material turned out to be exactly what I needed to feel confident enough to move forward. Francine set a safe place to explore, share and learn. Her insistence on continuing to write and just get it down on paper was so helpful.

– – H. Brock Ford

I am happy to give both Francine and the class my unreserved and wholehearted recommendation. The class gave me lots of practical tips that helped me improve my writing, and Francine’s gentle editorial hints were both encouraging and helpful. The class helped me find my voice, and motivated me to both write more and share my work with others. Take this class–you will not regret it!

Want to write your life story or the biography of someone close to you?

This course will help you clarify your goals, start writing and keep writing and learn techniques of nonfiction.

So many times I’ve heard people say, “Oh why didn’t I write down mother’s memories? Or Pop’s stories?”

Don’t let this be your children’s complaint. Start writing now.

Of course, if you don’t have children, you may still want to write your memoir or a sketch of someone else who influenced your life. If you feel compelled to write, that’s the best reason.

Starting September 15, Thursday at 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM and running through October 20, author, journalist and biographer, Francine Brevetti will deliver her much praised course of May-June 2016.

It will take place at Unity SF, 2222 Bush St. near the corner of Fillmore St.

Francine will teach several techniques such as stimulating memory, mind mapping, structuring your story, how to interview other people and elements of publishing. And especially, how to start writing and keep writing.

“Many folks want to start their memoir or autobiography but find it difficult to finish,” she said. Now is the time to get this valuable help.

The cost of this 6-week course is $125 if you sign up before September 1. As of September 1, the price will be $150.

Francine has a wealth of information to share about the process, challenges in the art of memoir writing. Her course can be taken by writers just beginning their memoir or by writers well into their work. She is able to speak to the issues involved in producing and memoir from start to finish.

– – Susan L’ Heureux

I am happy to give both Francine and the class my unreserved and wholehearted recommendation. The class gave me lots of practical tips that helped me improve my writing, and Francine’s gentle editorial hints were both encouraging and helpful. The class helped me find my voice, and motivated me to both write more and share my work with others. Take this class–you will not regret it!

Your life as you see it and as you live it. Or maybe the narrative of someone else’s life who has changed yours.

Author, journalist and biographer, Francine Brevetti is returning to reprise the six-week course, Writing the Story within. Beginning Thursday, September 15, 6:30 to 8:30 PM, and running through October 20, Francine will deliver her much praised course of May-June 2016.

“You don’t necessarily have to want to complete a book. But if you are burning to express your experiences in life or someone else’s, this course is a great way to launch such a project,” she says.

Francine will teach several techniques such as stimulating memory, mind mapping, structuring your story, how to interview other people and elements of publishing. And especially, how to start writing and keep writing.

“Many folks want to start their memoir or autobiography but find it difficult to finish,” she said. Now is the time to get this valuable help.

The cost of this 6-week course is $125 if you sign up before September 1. As of September 1, the price will be $150.

Here are just some of the testimonials from the participants in the May-June 2016 course.

(Based on a scale of 1 to 10) I gave Francine 10 primarily because her information and expertise are outstanding.

Francine has a wealth of information to share about the process, challenges in the art of memoir writing. Her course can be taken by writers just beginning their memoir or by writers well into their work. She is able to speak to the issues involved in producing and memoir from start to finish.

– – Susan L’ Heureux

I was new to writing and the material turned out to be exactly what I needed to feel confident enough to move forward. Francine set a safe place to explore, share and learn. Her insistence on continuing to write and just get it down on paper was so helpful.

– – H. Brock Ford

I am happy to give both Francine and the class my unreserved and wholehearted recommendation. The class gave me lots of practical tips that helped me improve my writing, and Francine’s gentle editorial hints were both encouraging and helpful. The class helped me find my voice, and motivated me to both write more and share my work with others. Take this class–you will not regret it!

In the midst of all the disheartening and horrifying news we are bombarded with every day, it lifts my heart to witness a spectacular gift of love, unbidden and with no strings attached.

It concerns a young couple in the Central Valley who selflessly offered themselves as parents for a couple they did not know who were seeking to adopt a child.

San Francisco residents Rev. Ken Daigle and his husband, JD Schramm, had been seeking to adopt a child for several years. They had two devastating disappointments and plenty of other obstacles to face, especially as a gay couple. Through social media, their search for an adoptable child reached the ears and computers of Sandy and Mario who already had a little girl.

Instinctively, they offered to bear a child for Ken and JD. And so they did, delivering little Roma Audrey to them at her birth a year ago.

This week, July 12, marks Roma’s first year and the proud papas produced a great a shindig celebrating their little daughter’s birthday. About 50 people including assorted children feted the infant with stacks of petits fours, cakes, barbecue and a piñata. And piles of gifts.

Sandy and Mario were there, Sandy already pregnant with her next child.

I had to know the reason for this astounding generosity so I screwed up my courage and approached Sandy.

I asked her why she had agreed to conceive and deliver a baby for a couple she did not know.

Her response, with her hand on her heart: “I just had to. I don’t know, I just had to.”

The attached image of the movie, “Strangers in Good Company,” is merely meant to echo the theme of what “strangers” can and do offer each other.

If you hire a ghostwriter to take the whole burden of writing off your shoulders, then you will make time available for her to interview you; she will request background and research materials (such as family photographs, journals and diaries, scrap books, correspondence and other memorabilia). Your ghostwriter will need any documents that verify the time and date an important event happened (births, deaths, marriage, deeds, patents, military service, etc.).

Download a free copy of 8 Tips on How to Work Successfully Collaborator/Ghostwriter from my website, www.francinebrevetti.com.

Why would you want to write your life story or that of someone else, perhaps a family member?

Maybe you realize how little you know about your grandparents and their ancestors – their culture, their challenges, their language, traditions from the country of origin. You don’t want your children and grandchildren to be ignorant about their own backgrounds. Documenting your ancestors’ stories and your memories now while you still can will make sure your descendants will know their origins. They’ll bless you and honor you for it. Download a free copy of 10 Secrets to Writing Your or Another’s Life Story on my website, www.francinebrevetti.com

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Testimonials

My dad just finished writing his memoir and he is 89 years old- it is a huge gift to our family that will continue to be for generations.
I highly recommend Francine Brevetti. She came in at a time when my father had written lots of it but her insightful feedback, recommendations and journalistic background absolutely helped shape the book. She also has a great way with that generation - my dad was extremely impressed with her.